Design and test of frequency tuner for a CAEP high power THz free-electron laser

Peking University is developing a 1.3 GHz superconducting accelerating section highpower THz freeelectron laser for the China Academy of Engineering Physics(CAEP). A compact fast/slow tuner has been developed by the Institute of High Energy Physics(IHEP) for the accelerating section to control Lorentz detuning, compensate for beam loading effect, microphonics and liquid helium pressure fluctuations. The tuner design, warm test and cold test of the first prototype are presented, which has a guiding significance for the manufacture of the formal tuner and cryomodule assembly.     

Geometry dependent multipacting of a superconducting quarter-wave resonator at PKU

A superconducting quarter-wave resonator (QWR) of frequency=162.5 MHz and β=0.085 (β =v/c) has been designed at Peking University. The multipacting (MP) simulation and analysis for the QWR with CST Particle Studio has been performed. The simulation results reveal that there is no sign of MP with its normal operating accelerating gradients in the range of 6-8 MV/m. The accelerating gradient range that may incur MP is from about 1.4 to 3.2 MV/m, and the places where MP may be encountered are mainly located at the top part of the QWR. So the effect of different top geometries on MP has also been studied in depth. Our results show that an inward convex round roof is better than other round roofs, and plane roofs have an advantage over round roofs on the suppression of MP in general. While considering the optimization of its electromagnetic (EM) design, our initial designed model is also acceptable.     

A preliminary study of the feasibility of using superconducting quarter-wave resonators foraccelerating high intensity proton beams

The superconducting (SC) cavities currently used for the acceleration of protons at a low velocity range are based on half-wave resonators. Due to the rising demand on high current, the issue of beam loading and space-charge problems has arisen. Qualities of low cost and high accelerating efficiency are required for SC cavities, which are properly fitted by using SC quarter-wave resonators (QWR). We propose a concept of using QWRs with frequency 162.5 MHz to accelerate high current proton beams. The main factor limiting SC QWRs being applied to high current proton beams is vertical beam steering, which is dominantly caused by the magnetic field on axis. In this paper, we intend to analyze steering and eliminate it to verify the qualification of using QWRs to accelerate high intensity proton beams.     

A preliminary quadrupole asymmetry study of a β=0.12 superconducting single spoke cavity

An Accelerator Driven System(ADS) has been launched in China for nuclear waste transmutation. For the application of high intensity proton beam acceleration, the quadrupole asymmetry effect needs to be carefully evaluated for cavities. Single spoke cavities are the main accelerating structures in the low energy front-end. The single spoke cavity has small transverse electromagnetic field asymmetry, which may lead to transverse RF defocusing asymmetry and beam envelope asymmetry. A superconducting single spoke resonator(PKU-2 Spoke) of β=0.12 and f =325 MHz with a racetrack-shaped inner conductor has been designed at Peking university. The study of its RF field quadrupole asymmetry and its effect on transverse momentum change has been performed. The quadrupole asymmetry study has also been performed on a β=0.12 and f =325 MHz ring-shaped single spoke cavity. Our results show that the quadrupole asymmetry is very small for both the racetrack-shaped and the ring-shaped single spoke cavity.     

RF characters study of a pick-up parallel-setting HOM coupler

A pick-up parallel-setting high order mode coupler （pps-HOM coupler） has been fabricated at Peking University. It has been tested on a coaxial transmission line and a 2-cell TESLA-shape copper cavity. The test result of the 2-cell TESLA cavity shows that the coupler can cut off the fundamental mode TM010 and absorb HOMs electively. As its RF properties are insensitive to the probe dip length, there is no need to adjust the probe repeatedly during practical operation.     

A preliminary quadrupole asymmetry study of a Iβ=0.12 superconducting single spoke cavity

An Accelerator Driven System (ADS) has been launched in China for nuclear waste transmutation. For the application of high intensity proton beam acceleration, the quadrupole asymmetry effect needs to be carefully evaluated for cavities. Single spoke cavities are the main accelerating structures in the low energy front-end. The single spoke cavity has small transverse electromagnetic field asymmetry, which may lead to transverse RF defocusing asymmetry and beam envelope asymmetry. A superconducting single spoke resonator (PKU-2 Spoke) of β =0.12 and f=325 MHz with a racetrack-shaped inner conductor has been designed at Peking university. The study of its RF field quadrupole asymmetry and its effect on transverse momentum change has been performed. The quadrupole asymmetry study has also been performed on a β =0.12 and f=325 MHz ring-shaped single spoke cavity. Our results show that the quadrupole asymmetry is very small for both the racetrack-shaped and the ring-shaped single spoke cavity.     

Electromagnetic design and optimization of a superconducting quarter wave resonator

Superconducting (SC) cavities currently used for the acceleration of protons at a low velocity range are based on half wave resonators. Due to the rising demand on high current, the issue of beam loading and space charge problems has arisen. Qualities of low cost and high accelerating efficiency are required for SC cavities, which are properly fitted by using an SC quarter wave resonator (QWR). We propose a concept of using QWRs with frequency 162.5 MHz to accelerate high current proton beams. The electromagnetic design and optimization of the prototype have been finished at Peking University. An analytical model derived by the transmission line theory is used to predict an optimal combination of the geometrical parameters, with which the calculation by Microwave Studio shows a good agreement. The thermal analysis to identify the temperature rise of the demountable bottom plate under various levels of thermal contact also has been done, and the maximum increment is less than 0.5 K even though the contact state is poor.     

CAEP太赫兹自由电子激光首次饱和出光

中国工程物理研究院基于超导射频直线加速器的谐振腔型太赫兹自由电子激光(CTFEL)于2017年8月29日16时首次饱和出光,并稳定运行,中心频率2.56 THz,谱宽1.9%,宏脉冲平均功率大于5.7 W。     

中物院太赫兹自由电子激光装置现状及升级计划

中国工程物理研究院太赫兹自由电子激光装置（CAEP THz FEL, CTFEL）是国内唯一运行的基于超导加速器的高平均功率自由电子激光太赫兹源,具有频率连续在线可调(0.1～4.2 THz)、高峰值功率(＞0.5 MW)、高平均功率(＞10 W)、高重频(54.17 MHz)、短脉冲(～ps)、窄线宽（～2%）、全相干和线性偏振等特点。自2017年出光以来,已稳定运行了四年多,并开展了诸多应用实验研究。为进一步满足用户需求,CTFEL计划升级为一台红外太赫兹自由电子激光装置,电子束能量提升至最大50 MeV,频谱范围拓展至0.1～125 THz,同时,建设材料光谱和生物医学两个实验站。